In the News - Attendee Blog Posts

“I’m really lucky to live in a place where we have a great organization like the Highlander Institute working to improve teaching practice and further the cause of blended learning. I still feel like I have so much to learn, and it is great to see what is possible by having teachers share what is working in their classrooms. Thank you for a great conference!”

“Without individual experiences, there can be no collective story. The more we share our individual experiences, the more our collective story grows, and the less alone we feel in the work. This is not the typical take away from a conference on blended and personalized learning, but The Blended & Personalized Learning Conference held in Providence, Rhode Island was not your typical conference.Schools opened their doors and shared their work, sessions had us mapping and storyboarding our PL journeys. Table discussions were transformed through Jeffersonian Lunch Conversations, while conference sessions engaged us through Consultancies, and Pecha Kuchas on failing forward.”

“Huge thanks to all the folks @HighlanderInst @LearningAccel @ChristensenInst for #BPLC18. It’s the most thoughtful, accessible, student-voice-infused, educator-led conference around. Wonderful people and inspirational learning.”

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“Unlike many conferences I attended this year, this event was a chance for educators and leaders to discuss blended learning in action with people who are already doing it. Topics included the day-to-day implementation of blended learning, strategies and systems that have effectively supported replication, and how to scale blended and personalized learning across schools and districts. I have already cleared my calendar for BPLC19 next April.”

In a unique partnership, Eduporium teamed up with the Highlander Institute to help teachers in five Rhode Island schools bring innovative STEM technologies into their classrooms. For six weeks, students, who ranged from second to fifth grade, worked with these tech tools and collaborated in designing projects to present to attendees at BPLC18…